Name: Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission - Kansas livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of cattle today, partly due to not having a sale next week due to Thanksgiving. Compared to last week, 600 lb steers sold 10.00 higher. Feeder weight steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, with 900 lb steers selling steady. Heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Producers are still bringing in the unweaned cattle, but it doesn't matter as long as they have shots. The receipts were moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.81/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −94.85 against this barn's trailing median of $493.66.

Average price

$398.81

145 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$45.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.83

vs KS average

−11.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	419.81	2,370	78
Medium and Large 1-2	576	374.41	2,156	60
Medium 1	527	374.00	1,971	7thin

One grade step is worth $45.81/cwt here — about $399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.55, low $409.40, median $493.66 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale145 hd

398.81

—

KS average3 barns · 415 hd

413.64

−14.83

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−11.27

This barn, trailing median28 sales

493.66

−94.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

91 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	310.55/cwt	306.00–317.00	2,236	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	303.88/cwt	302.50–312.00	2,392	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	317.09/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,109	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	319.75/cwt	319.00–324.00	3,015	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,451	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	377.44/cwt	368.00–381.00	1,963	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	443.56/cwt	435.00–449.00	2,293	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	342.79/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,502	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,218	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	337.00/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,945	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	338.90/cwt	324.50–344.50	2,830	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	403.22/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,387	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,227	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	954	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,153	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	343.12/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,788	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	344.87/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,459	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	303.48/cwt	297.50–308.00	2,470	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	370.05/cwt	356.00–379.00	2,083	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	358.51/cwt	351.00–368.00	2,377	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	324.24/cwt	319.00–337.00	2,169	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	417.86/cwt	410.00–422.00	2,399	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,837	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	431.14/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,332	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,816	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	447.68/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,943	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	395.22/cwt	392.00–396.00	1,873	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	380.33/cwt	364.00–391.00	2,411	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	323.48/cwt	315.00–331.00	2,022	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	294.15/cwt	288.00–301.00	2,706	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	336.76/cwt	332.00–341.00	2,664	112
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	583	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,854	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	393	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	532	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,788	8
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,981	21
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,794	2
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,167	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	705	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,531	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	382	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,546	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	492	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,411	16
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	527	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,971	7
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	451	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	324.99/cwt	322.00–327.00	2,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	359.66/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,784	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	306.30/cwt	300.00–318.00	2,502	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	387	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,645	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,189	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	324.21/cwt	318.00–330.00	2,373	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	445.17/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,132	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	376.20/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,174	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	370.84/cwt	352.00–385.00	2,143	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	362.19/cwt	357.00–364.00	1,666	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	273.58/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,509	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	334.12/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,125	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	377.86/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,976	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	326.83/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,036	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,560	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	309.51/cwt	308.50–314.00	2,139	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	338.97/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,976	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	388.64/cwt	375.00–404.00	2,433	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	388.95/cwt	382.00–395.00	1,848	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	810	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	710	327.59/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,326	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	309.83/cwt	309.75–312.00	2,903	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,940	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	360.95/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,278	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	335.17/cwt	331.00–341.00	2,246	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,300	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	356.90/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,513	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	333.38/cwt	323.00–345.00	1,934	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,980	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	520	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,625	4

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. - Salina, KS

Thu Nov 20, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Receipts 2,940Last week 2,248Year ago 2,618

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	309	420.00–440.00	431.14
15	350–400	372	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	416	398.00	398.00
15	450–500	474	392.00–396.00	395.22
26	500–550	520	368.00–381.00	377.44
31	550–600	563	356.00–379.00	370.05
73	600–650	625	315.00–331.00	323.48
25	650–700	669	319.00–337.00	324.24
64	700–750	720	306.00–317.00	310.55
198	750–800	787	302.50–312.00	303.88
68	800–850	814	297.50–308.00	303.48
7	850–900	895	308.00	308.00
34	900–950	920	288.00–301.00	294.15
10	950–1000	971	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	398.00	398.00
24	450–500	475	382.00–395.00	388.95
31	500–550	523	375.00–380.00	377.86
46	550–600	583	335.00–347.50	338.97
91	600–650	623	321.00–330.00	326.83
43	650–700	665	315.00–320.00	317.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	370.00	370.00
15	450–500	496	355.00–362.00	359.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	424	355.00–360.00	356.90
12	450–500	460	357.00–364.00	362.19
38	500–550	521	334.00–355.00	343.12
38	550–600	580	323.00–345.00	333.38
30	650–700	691	308.50–314.00	309.51
3	700–750	708	299.00	299.00
5	800–850	807	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	880	280.00	280.00
11	900–950	917	270.00–282.00	273.58
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	352.00	352.00
8	500–550	532	336.00	336.00
3	550–600	583	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,100	254.00	254.00
4	1150–1200	1,167	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	377	400.00	400.00
13	500–550	517	435.00–449.00	443.56
20	550–600	592	398.00–410.00	403.22
61	600–650	626	375.00–404.00	388.64
10	650–700	675	340.00	340.00
48	700–750	713	334.00–355.00	344.87
8	800–850	810	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	373	460.00	460.00
26	400–450	434	440.00–465.00	447.68
15	450–500	478	466.00	466.00
5	500–550	504	440.00	440.00
40	550–600	574	410.00–422.00	417.86
54	600–650	634	364.00–391.00	380.33
50	650–700	663	351.00–368.00	358.51
64	700–750	730	337.00–351.00	342.79
112	750–800	791	332.00–341.00	336.76
135	800–850	835	324.50–344.50	338.90
109	850–900	874	334.00–341.00	337.00
71	900–950	943	319.00–324.00	319.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	608	421.00	421.00
111	950–1000	954	330.50	330.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	850–900	892	318.00	318.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,028	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	505.00	505.00
12	400–450	421	520.00	520.00
16	450–500	492	490.00	490.00
21	650–700	669	380.50	380.50
22	700–750	705	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	388.00	388.00
7	500–550	527	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	435.00	435.00
3	400–450	423	412.50	412.50
23	450–500	479	432.00–460.00	445.17
3	500–550	536	385.00	385.00
32	550–600	578	365.00–390.00	376.20
20	600–650	636	330.00–340.00	334.12
17	650–700	670	331.00–341.00	335.17
29	700–750	732	318.00–330.00	324.21
14	750–800	773	322.00–327.00	324.99
27	800–850	817	300.00–318.00	306.30
10	850–900	883	320.00	320.00
59	900–950	937	309.75–312.00	309.83
9	950–1000	964	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	578	352.00–385.00	370.84
17	600–650	631	350.00–365.00	360.95
4	650–700	695	312.00	312.00
17	700–750	710	327.00–328.00	327.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	504	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	550	360.00	360.00
7	650–700	653	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	315.00	315.00
8	650–700	660	302.00	302.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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